The votes for the 2014 Academy Awards are in and the little man has been been handed out to 3 lucky winners in the shorts categories. Curiously enough your votes proved quite accurate this year—off only by 1% on the Animated category (that’s okay, I voted for Feral too). What do you think? Are these the best of the best? Tomorrow we announce the winners of the 2014 SOTW Awards.

Animated Short Film Winner

Mr. Hublot (dir: Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares)

Live-Action Short Film Winner

Helium (dir: Anders Walter and Kim Magnusson)

Documentary Short Film Winner

The Lady in Number 6: Music Saved My Life (dir: Malcolm Clarke and Nicholas Reed)

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SotW + PBS Show: Kinetic Editing — The Films of Max Joseph

We totally adore this edition of our YouTube show! It's our shortest playlist yet, but perhaps the most intriguing. Our indomitable host, Ivan Kander, puts his critic hat firmly on to praise the innovative editing work of rising short form star Max Joseph.